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May 30, 1939- J. WERTZHEISER TOASTER f tllI Filed Feb. 9, 1937 IIIIIIIIIIJ, w

M INVENTOR ATTQRNEYS PatentedMay 30, 1939 v UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE eighty-five per cent to Lionel iL'Banman,

Brooklyn Application as..." a, 19st, Serial No. new: 0 Claims. (0!. 53-5) This invention relates to a device for toasting materials in such a manner that predetermined areas of the surface of the material tobe' toasted --are shielded from the toasting heat so that emblems, letters, or the like remain visible due to untoasted surface areas. The invention will be de scribed'particularly in connection with a device that is adapted for toasting bread,'but it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to this particular use.

Heretofore it has been found that when shields have been used to protect untoasted surfaces on materials that are toasted, the shields often do not lie flat against the surfaces during the toast-' is ing period, with the result that the margins of the untoasted areas are not sharply defined but, on the contrary, are rough or gradually merged into the toasted surfaces. By the present invention the surface of the shield ismade of the same 5m shape as the surfaces to be shielded, which is usually flat, and the shield is caused to lie against the entire surface which it shields and all'parts of the shield are pressed against the surface,

which it protects with substantially the same I The invention will be understood from the description in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a side view of an' illustrated embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is a 30 section along the line 22' of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the shield and its support on an enlarged scale.

In the drawing, reference character I indicates the bottom of an electric toaster of a well-known 35-8011; that has a heating or toasting compartment 2 with its side walls sloping inwardly in an up-' ward direcion. The heating compartment 2 is provided with heating coils I which are somewhat diagrammatically illustrated, and rows of wire or 4 rods 4 are shown between the heating coils I and the sloping sides of the compartment to protect the breeder the like that is to be toasted from coming into direct contact with the heating coils.

P Doors 5 are provided in the sloping walls of the heating compartment. These doors are pivoted orhinged at 6 and are provided with inwardly extending ledges I for supporting the-slices of bread to be toasted.

5 A flat shield 8 is supported on one of the rods I so that one side thereof will lie flat against the bread .that is being toasted. This shield l is mounted on one of the rods I so that it can be adjusted on and down. and it is also mounted in 55 such manner that its entire surface is automatically caused to lie flat against the bread by the bread coming into contact with it. 3

A metal bracket I0 is provided with ends llbent at right angles, and these ends are provided with holes or slots I! through which one of the 5 rods l passes. An adjustable ring or stop I! is placed on the rod 4 to hold the bracket II in any desired position on this rod.

A cross bar II is provided for the bracket II and may be strengthened by a strengthening rib 10 II, if desired. The ends [6 of the cross bar ll are bent at right angles, and these bent ends are provided with holes 11.

The flat shield I, that is for the purpose of protecting bread or the like from heat that is radiated from the heating coils I, may be of any desired shape or it may be made up of letters or words or designs. The particular design that is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing is in the form of a Mickey Mouse. Lugs it are attached to the shield 9 and are spaced apart approximately the same distance as the bent ends it of the cross bar ll. These lugs II are provided with holes 10, and a pin or bolt 2| extends through the holes I ll of thebent ends it ofthe cross bar It and also through the holes 20 of the lugs is.

with the shield 0 pivoted by the lugs I! on the shaft or pin 2i and with the bracket Ill pivoted by the lugs Ii on a rod 4 which extends at right angles to the pin 2i. the shield 9 is mounted on a universal Joint so that its entire flat surface will lie against the bread or other material that is pressed against it. This will be true even if the bread is wedge-shaped or has become accidentally shifted askew in its holder, so that the entire surface of the bread or the like that is intended to be shielded from the heat is shielded uniformly over the entire shielded area thereof. I claim:

1. In a toaster, a heat shield, and means oper- 4o ated by material to'be toasted to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material, said means comprising lugs pivoted on shafts at right "angles to each other. and some of said lugs being slidable along one of said shafts.

2. In a toaster, a heating element; a heat shield; and means supporting said shield and operated by material to be toasted. said means being mounted to rotate'about different axes, independently ofsaid heating element, to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

3. In, a toaster, a heating element; a support to hold material to be toasted in spaced relation to helm element; I heat shield positioned between the heating element and said support. and means mounted to rotate independently of said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

4. In a toaster, a fixed heating element;- a support to hold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element; a heat shield positioned between the heating element and said support, and means mounted to rotate about diflerent axes independently or said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

5. In atoaster, a fixed heating element; a support to hold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element; a heat shield l 5 positioned between the heating element and said support and support means for said shield, said support means being mounted to rotate about diflerent axes independentlyoi said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material;

6. In a toaster, a heating element; a support tohold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element: a heat shield positioned between the heating element and said support: and support means for said shield, said means including brackets mounted to rotate about axes transverse with respect to each other, to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

JOSEPH WER'I'LI-IEIBER.

CERTIFICATE or CORRECTION.

Patent No 2,160,771.

JOSEPH WER'I'ZHEISER.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee of eighty-five per cent interest in the above numbered patent was erroneously described and specified as "Lionel A. Beunnn" whereas said nanie should have been described and specified as Lionel R. Bauman, of Brooklyn, New York, as shownby the record of assignments in this office; and that the said Let- I tors Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of July, D. 19 9.

( Seal) Henry Van Arsdale,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

between the heating element and said support. and means mounted to rotate independently of said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

4. In a toaster, a fixed heating element;- a support to hold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element; a heat shield positioned between the heating element and said support, and means mounted to rotate about diflerent axes independently or said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

5. In atoaster, a fixed heating element; a support to hold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element; a heat shield l 5 positioned between the heating element and said support and support means for said shield, said support means being mounted to rotate about diflerent axes independentlyoi said element to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material;

6. In a toaster, a heating element; a support tohold material to be toasted in spaced relation to said heating element: a heat shield positioned between the heating element and said support: and support means for said shield, said means including brackets mounted to rotate about axes transverse with respect to each other, to cause said shield to lie flat against a surface of said material.

JOSEPH WER'I'LI-IEIBER.

CERTIFICATE or CORRECTION.

Patent No 2,160,771.

JOSEPH WER'I'ZHEISER.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee of eighty-five per cent interest in the above numbered patent was erroneously described and specified as "Lionel A. Beunnn" whereas said nanie should have been described and specified as Lionel R. Bauman, of Brooklyn, New York, as shownby the record of assignments in this office; and that the said Let- I tors Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of July, D. 19 9.

( Seal) Henry Van Arsdale,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

